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Two new species of butterfly have been identified in woodland near Edinburgh.
Two new species of butterfly have been identified in woodland near Edinburgh.
- Public domaingeneral-american
UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
The COVID-19 pandemic showed how useful digital technology could be for schools. But it also showed the limitations of technology in the educational setting.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
Millions of students were able to attend classes online to avoid spreading the virus. But many students failed to learn by such methods.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
Their educational progress slowed and in some cases went backwards. Digital tools and the internet have made it easier for students to access educational resources.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
However, a large number of schools around the world remain unconnected to the internet. Additionally, digital tools have entered markets that have no official supervision.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
Such educational products do not require any testing or proof as to their value to schools and learners.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) argues against unsupervised wide use of digital tools and AI in education.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
A recent UNESCO report says there is little evidence that wide technology use improves learning.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
The organization says digital educational tools can never replace the human connection of teacher and student.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
Audrey Azoulay is UNESCO’s Director General. She says there is a very large divide, or gap, between rich and poor countries when it comes to digital resources.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
Many schools also lack electricity, especially in Africa and Central and Southern Asia. In sub-Saharan Africa, just 32 percent of schools have electricity.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
And, internationally, about one-third of students were unable to attend online classes during the pandemic.
- Public domaingeneral-american
UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
“Even if connectivity was universal, it would still be necessary to demonstrate …that digital technology offers real added value in terms of effective learning,” the report
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
says. Often, technology changes faster than it is possible to study it, the report says.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
Educational technology products change every three years on average.
- Public domaingeneral-american
UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
UNESCO also reported that many companies pay for studies on the effectiveness of their own product. These studies are not independent examinations.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
Pearson, an education technology company, has a tool called Successmaker for teaching math and reading.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
Independent studies show the tool has little or negative effectiveness in learning. But the company stands by the results of the private study it paid for.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
That study found the product very helpful to learning. UNESCO says such companies need to be better regulated.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
“Student data should not be used either by education technology or advertising technology companies for marketing purposes,” the report says.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
Yet a study of 163 products found that 89 percent of them gathered student data and sent them to third-party companies, often for advertising purposes.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
This usually happened without the student or parent knowing, the study said. UNESCO argues that technology holds great possibilities for education.
- Public domaingeneral-american
UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
But studies have shown that educational technologies are most effective when a teacher is involved in the instructional process.
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UN Report: Education Technology Should Be Used Carefully
“We must never forget the social and emotional dimensions of teaching and learning,” Azoulay said, adding, “no screen will ever replace a teacher.” I’m Dan Novak.
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UN: Famine Is Certain in Gaza without Cease-fire
A United Nations official warned Tuesday that the Gaza Strip is at high risk of famine, an extreme lack of food, if the war there does not stop soon.
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